Children return to school Mon 8th April

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4W – Playscripts

This half term, we have started our new English unit ‘Playscripts’. To help us with this, we have based our playscript learning around The Wizard of Oz! So far, we have learnt the four main features of a playscript, which are, character list, setting the scene, stage directions and dialogue. We have also learnt why they are important.

Today, 4W had the opportunity to improve a basic Wizard of Oz playscript by setting the scene and adding stage directions. After they edited and improved their playscript, the children then had a chance to act this out to the rest of the class using all the added features.

Please take a look at the video and slideshow below which showcases some of our fantastic acting!

Challenge:

Can you give an example of each feature?

Can you explain why each feature is important?

12 responses to “4W – Playscripts”

  1. Shahzaib M.

    Stage directions: We need stage directions because if we didn’t the actors wouldn’t know where to move.
    Dialogue: We need dialogue because if we didn’t then the actors wouldn’t know what to say.
    Character names: If we didn’t have character names then another actor could say someone else’s line.
    Setting the scene: If we didn’t have setting the scene then people won’t know what scene it is.

  2. Yaw A.

    Stage directions: (Dorothy, Tinman, Scarecrow and lion go Oz and stand in a row.)
    Character lists: Dorothy:
    Lion:
    Setting the scene:
    Act 4 – Forest
    Dialogue:
    Dorothy: This forest is dark.. and creepy!
    Direction:
    (confused, puzzled)
    Stage directions are important because if you didn’t have them, you would stand in one place.
    Character lists are important because you wouldn’t know who’s saying what.
    Setting the scene is important because you wouldn’t know where to go.
    Dialogue is important so that you know what your saying.
    Direction is important because it wouldn’t be entertaining for an audience if you had the same tone in all the scenes, it would be very boring.

  3. Hasan S.

    Dialogue/yesterday we wrote Dorthy “ Did you speak”
    Directions/It tells them to speak with expretion.
    Setting the scean/Where they are.
    Character list/Charecter names.
    They are all very important in there way. I think dialogue is the most important.

  4. Manvi R.

    Stage directions: We need stage directions because if we didn’t the actors wouldn’t know where to move.
    Dialogue: We need dialogue because if we didn’t then the actors wouldn’t know what to say.
    Character names: If we didn’t have character names then another actor could say someone else’s line.
    Setting the scene: If we didn’t have setting the scene then people won’t know what scene it is.

  5. Asim A.

    Dorth wavy to the ninman.Then they won’t no want to konow

  6. Muhammad J.

    Challenge
    We where reading a text
    And performed Dorothy and the scarecrow to the whole class.

    An feature we where going into teaming with the person next to you.

    The feature is important because you can use it in movie anything.

  7. Kevin R.

    1)Dialogue,stage directions.

    2)To tell the actors what to do.

  8. Surinder J.

    An example of each feature is:
    Dialogue: “This place is dark a-nd creepy”
    Dialogue is important because each actor will know what they are saying.
    Setting the scene: The witch: The haunted forest
    Setting the scene is important because the actors will know which part they are acting.
    Character names: Dorothy, Scarecrow and the lion
    Character names are important because the actors will know who will say the sentence.
    Stage directions: “This place is dark a-nd creepy”( turns to the scarecrow)
    Stage directions are important because the characters will know how to move.

  9. Kaif B.

    Yesterday we were acting a Dialogue
    Dialogue: where am I (shockingly)
    Features important because
    Example stage directions you have to move around you can’t
    just stand there.

  10. Afreen S.

    Example of dialogue
    Do u think there are animals who eat straw ?
    Example of character name
    Dorothy:
    Scare crow:
    Lion:
    Tin man:
    Example of setting the scene
    In the jungle monkeys screaming and leave and trees everywhere
    Example of stage direction
    (Excitedly ) I am a free man ( looked at Dorothy )
    Dialogue is inportant because they would not say anything and it would be boring
    Character names are important because then they wouldn’t know who’s line is which
    Setting the scene is importnat because each setting changes quickly and they would not know who they are meeting next and if they do they would probably have the wrong scene
    Stage direction is important because with out it they would know where to move or how to do expression they wouldn’t know how to act happy or sad or turn on the lights

  11. Simin W.

    1.
    Dialogue:
    We’re going to the wizard of oz.
    Setting the scene:
    Act 1. Scene 12
    In the Forest
    Character names:
    Dorothy
    Stage directions:
    (Scarecrow bows head down)
    2.
    The dialogue is important because if there was no dialogue, it would be really boring because there are no words.
    The characters names is important so the actors know who is saying the sentence.
    Setting the scene is important so that the people know what scene it is in and where they are.
    Stage directions are important because if there were no stage directions, they would just be standing there saying their lines with no expression and no movement.

  12. Samik S.

    Can you give an example of each feature?
    Setting the scene: scene 11 the creepy forest
    Dialogue: “I don’t like this forest it’s rather scary”
    Character names: Dorothy:
    Stage directions: (lights on Dorothy) “I don’t like this forest it’s rather scary”(scared)
    Can you explain why each feature is important?
    If you don’t have dialogue the characters wouldn’t know what to say or do, if you don’t have character names you wouldn’t know who is speaking, if there were no stage directions then the tone of voice wouldn’t be good and the audience will think it’s boring and if there were no setting the scene then they might say stuff but in different order.

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